Hon llurlnp's Itnrn.
I Ben Iliirlnp lirnjirivl nlmul hi lnrn with
( mrnry mnn In son,
Hosnlil It war. tlm flmt burn tSmt nny linrn
eoulil lm
Borlnt "Tin w 11 1' I full or barn! but I
mill onlkeilalo
Them iii n't fin barn llkn burlap's barn, nml
Imln't Iwn up to ditto."
An' w'en yi'r wi a wll 1-nyil man who pilwil
ooiiMorliln rumpus,
An' wnvn I nn' Anisl III (inn nniim' to nl
rial of tint compie,
Ami swislnil hi whisker In tin win. I nn'
spun n hnlT-il ay yarn,
Ton knowd It wiit II 'n Iliirlnp, sum, cx-
poniiilin' on lilt burn.
An' I wn; down to i hi Imrn, In) hung on
K.) Illto sin.
Ono iliiy I tol' my wife, t rihsmiI I'll go
tiiko It In.
Twin. Just s good iv. Jim ln"l said, m fine n
It i' mill l".
It twit nil Intra t ever "', or ovur 'sp'-t to
W'on I como out s1. I to Jim, "What's Unit
small bulblla' tln'n,
That kinder wobbly lookln' tliliur, that linn-
blo-ilowa affair?
It lioks o rickety ami weak 'tnlnt lit to liolil
n mourn "
Oh, yn," mm Jim, "If full it iiilc; Hint nr
hut I my hoa-e."
Hax WAi.rrn l'oss.
Ill THE PINERIES,
ITiinr ftft'T li'inr nti't lnitititi p.ftor
mill lit i tho run. I hid become more nml
more ilim nml iiiici rl lin, ninl ns dark
ness set in I fuiliiil myself deep ill tin
wilderness, completely lost, hungry
nml tired, with mi pri ispoet in view
but t spend the iiitit without nny
shelter in tho upon iiir.
A 1 1 ! 1I li I lull In noknowlod.," to
myself that I did not know in what
direction wns going, I was still Imitli
in stop. I kept oil going somen Ihti',
stumbling here nml falling there, un
til at Inst I wni too weary to get up
again nml Iny where I had fallen.
I wnadocp within tlio pineries of I '.iint
era Ti'xiH. Th' ground nmti-r foot
wns soft ninl springy anil frit lis if it
Inn I baon but newly iinidc fi'sh from
the hand of the Creator. Hut tlio giant
pinos towered high nliovo inc, nml I
know tlmt tin ground was nt lonst us
eld as the trees, not made purposely
tlmt ilny to b;wildcr mi in its shmU
own nml the deeper ibirknosi of night.
An I lay upon the ground where I liml
fallen, pooling 1 1 1 roii L?h tho moving
rifts in tlm tree tops above mi, watch
ing tlm twinkling stars, nml tho il rifl
ing gulf clouds, nn unearthly scream
reached iny oars. Never before lnnl I
licnril n cry ho piercing, n sound ho un
earthly. j Again nml nKiiiit tho pry. oiimi)
through tlm ilnrkiu'ns, nml it wnn only
by nhfor dimporntion thnt I tmiungiil
to riso to my foot, tho bettor to onuMo
mo to look' nliout, ninl if possililo to
dincovor tho miurco from which tin;
cry emunntoil. I Htrniiicil my oyoH
looking through tho iliirknoss, lutt I
could hoo nothing except tho ni'iirest
trecH reining their ginut forms into
tho deeper dnrkuctm nbove me.
For a miniito or two nfter the Inst
terrible Hcrenm there wan n doml si
Innec, unbroken even by tho gentle
aonghing of tint wind iu tho troo
tope. Then tlio hoot of nn owl in tho
distance reverberated through the for
nt, mid its Hound, rMtcrtilly Htnrtliug
nd uncanny, deemed ns tweet as mu
sio iu my ears. Agniu nml again tlio
owl hootod, and in a few minutes an
swering hoots rang through the dark
ness from every diroctiou, and n noft
flutter of wings wan heard above as
they flow hither and thithor in Hcarch
of food or trying their w ings in w ide
oirclea for fun and pleasure.
I had begun to grow calm and col
lected again uuder the soft influence
of tho wafting wiugit of tho owls and
their occasional calls to one another,
when suddenly, close to my ear, a
aharp, rasping voice inquired:
"Whore is Mollie?"
I looked around hastily, but could
aee nothing, and all I could hoar after
the Voioo wan hushed wan the flutter
of wings and tho monotonous Louts
of the owla.
How long I sat and listened I do
not know. The sanionoHs of the
sounds of the forest lulled mo to sleep
at last, and I slumbered lightly upon
the ground. .
It might have been an hour or it
might have been only a minute that I
had lost consciousness in sleep when
something or somebody tapped me
smartly upon the cheek and a piercing
ery for help rang through my ears aud
chood through the darkness of the
forest.. I sprang to my feet aud
looked around we with wide awake
and staring eyes. .
I could see nothing. Then from a
. thicket little to my right came the
moans of a man as if in mortal agony
and presently a voice asked complain-
ingly:
"Whore's Mollie?"
Mot knowing Mollie or her where
kcuta, I was, of course, unable to an
swer, but tut Is usual In rnsen where
ignorance of tlm ipiestion precludes a
reply, I proeeeded to propound a
question of my own.
"Who nre you?" t nskril.
Fur hcvitiiI inoinetils Hiern wns a
dend silence, which I construed to
tiientt that the inquirer for Mollio wns
doubtful about revealing his own
identity.
The owls, probnblv nttrncted by my
vole o, ennie fluttering nil around me, I
mid times it seemed ns if they would
attack tun and drive me nniiy, nn in
truder id their own domain.
Then suddenly, touchingly, prayer
fully, came the voice from tho thicket
unco more.
"Oh, Mollie 1 Mollie! Mollie I"
The voice whs the quavering voice of
nn old man, nml ho hopelessly tender
nml helplessly beseeching that th- cry
went straight to my heart. "1 inn
coming," I cried, nml walked ns fin-t
us I could lor lli! darkness toward tho
thicket from whence tlio voice cnnie,
A thousand thoughts rnn through
my mind and every direction I hud ever
hcnrit about how to treat enses in any
emergency flashed through my memo
ry. Who was thia old mm, evidently
iu mortal agony, nlouo nml helpless in
'ho forcNt? Was his throat partly cut?
Was he sliul through tlm body? Was
ho in timed ami mutilated? I nsked
myself over and over ngain. Then n
terrible thought came to me, 1'erliaps
it was nil cocapod lunatic, n blood
thirsty mndmim, with nil a uiadmnu's
cunning, lying in wait to fall upon and
destroy tin) pitying wanderer who
ell meed to I'oiiv his nay, lured toward
him by his pitiful cries iu the dark
ness. As I thought of this T Htopped in
htinctivcly nml peered around nie cau
tiously. The dark thicket 1 iv only n
few Htepn in front of inc. How easy
it would bo fin; a m in with a maniac's
strength to leap forward, clutch me by
the throat with his powerful lingers,
more cruel than the claws of tho llero
ost wild In list in the forest.
I sprung back in terror. Nothing
moved, however. There was no
moan, no cry, only the tangled vines
nml undergrowth, mid darkness iu
front of me.
"Is thero nny one in iliutress nny
one needing help mid assistance close
by?" I nuked in loud but quavering
tones. There was no answer. I walk
ed hh near to the thicket as I could,
nml peered into tho vines and hushes,
but could see nothing, and was about
to withdraw nt a safe distance again,
when a void iu faint tunes gasped out
above my head :
"Help! Help!"
Above me could only sec tho Inter
lacing limbs of tho trees, with rift
here and there through which a glim
mering Htnr peopod down from tho
dark blue of tho summer sky. An
owl occasionally flew by, nud a solitary
firefly flashed her emerald light ns she
w inged her zig-zag flight through the
darkness.
Agnin and ngain from the darkness
nbove me came tho cry for help, mid
iu such distressing toues that it almost
set me wild with fe;ir. Tho owls enmo
fluttering nrouud me, and the bats
darted on hissing wings on everj side.
Then again camo a piercing cry from
the thicket, followed by u succession of
them, until my cars rung, nud the cold
sweat poured from my forohend. I
sank to tho ground exhausted and hid
my face, for never cnu the wildest im
agination conceive of the pandemoni
um w hioli reigned in tho forest at that
hour.
How long I lay thoro or how long
tholmts aud owls and tho unearthly
uoiso aud screams lasted I can never
tell. When I raisod my head agnin
day was breaking in the east aud tlio
dense darkuoss was tinted with a shad
owy gray.
I sprang to my foot nnd looked
about mo. Nothing unusual mot my
sight, aud only tho song of a mock
ing bird cIoho by greeted my ears.
Tired and weary, I wandered away,
aud as I went looked around me cau
tiously to see that no lurking harm
would overtake me.
II was about an hour after sunrise
that morning when I came upon a
small house in a cleartug iu the forest.
As I approached a young woman and
a boy oppo ired at tho door and gave
me a friondly greeting. .
I asked them for something to eat
and a place where I could rest after
my terrible night in the forest. They
promised me both, and in due time a
tempting, though primitive meal was
set before me.
After I had partaken of the food, a
pallet of skins was spread before me
upon the floor, and it was not long be
fore I wub asleep upon it, sleeping the
sleep of one worn out with fatigue and
exoitement.
It was in tho middle of the after
noon whon I wa awakened by some
one calling close to my ear :
Oh, Mollio I Mollis I ' Mollie I" .
I looked up. On the floor, twisting
Ms head and looking nt me through
the corners of his ryes, stood a large
jinrrot,
"Hal lint hn!" laughed tho pnrrot
and the boy I had seen iu tho morn
ing, in n merry chorus.
Just then the young woman nppenred
nt the door, and seeing the pnrrot nnd
the boy, she mid, apologetically !
"I hope this naughty bird and mis
chievous boy didn't wnke yoll tip until
yon had finished your imp."
"No," 1 said, "I urn glnd some one
did wnke ino up."
"My brother lien nnd Toll nre thn
most mischievous pair yon ever Haw,'
Hhes iid, looking nt the boy and parrot
reprovingly. "I'oll just returned bo mo
this morning from the woods, where
he has been prnnkin.r with with tho
owl-," nl ntiniied. "Hell hastaught
him the most unearthly Hcreains you
ever heard, and now he goes oil
into the woods regularly for a day or
two every week mid nearly nets the
Maid old owls wild witli tils noise."
"Oh, Mollie! Motile I Mollie! Mol
lio!" cried the parrot, looking nt his
mistress reproach fully.
And MoIHe blushed as prettily ns a
rose.
There is a largo clenring In the pino
forest to-day nnd Toll has lear 1 to
imitate the Hound of baby voices in nil
their until y rhanging moods. Pitts
burg Press.
Niiiiielliliiir In the F.tc.
Ncer licedli KHly expose the eyes to
foreign particles, but when necessary
wear plain gheses or goggles. When
experimenting with chemicals always
turn the mouth of th" tube or bottle
away from the fiioe nnd eyes. When
ever nu eye is injured severely place
the patient immediately in a tlnrk
room nnd under tl are of a skilled
physician, whoso directions must bo
implicitly followed. The foreign
bodies may be solids, as sand, cinders,
liair.dirt, etc., lime, acids, or alkalies.
Don't rub tin eyes, avoid midden
glares or light, never look directly ut
tin sun.
To remove the solid part idea from
under the lids it isHi.lllcieiit to pull tho
lid uwny from tlio eye and to wipe tlio
body with a piece of moist paper or
the comer of u hntidkercliii ." i if it is
under the upper lid grnspthe lid firm
ly between the thumb and linger, lift
it from the eyeball nnd draw it ilowa
over lie lower lid, nnd then allow it
to Hlido slowly back to its natural po
rtion. Tlm foreign body will bo
scraped oil" on the lashes. Tlio op
eration may bo repeated several times.
Or lift tho lid from tho eyeball, allow
tho tears to necumiilnto beneath the
lid nud forcibly blow tho now. Or
place in the eye n few grains of flax
seed, which, forming a mucilage, will
promptly bring relief. Or place across
tho upper lid tlio point of a pencil or
bodkin nnd turn the lid back over it;
in this wny tho foreign pnrtielo is
brought into distinct view nud can bo
readily wiped uwny.
Lime and llomnn cement nre very
dentructivo to tlio eyes if permitted to
remain any considerable timo. Wash
tho eye immediately with water, then
with water containing vinegar or lem
on juice.
For acids in the eye wash with wnter
containing a little ammonia "or baking
soda.
For alkalies wash with wnter contain
ing vineger or lemon juice.
The Truth I'mler (onlltlons.
Jack nnd Frank ore brothers, aged
respectively Ave and four. The other
day Jack was playing with a box of
matches in tho nursery, when he sot
Are to tho room.
Tho next day the father took tho lnd
into the charred room to have a talk
with him, when tho following took
place :
"Now, Jnck, there seems to have
boon a fire in this room."
"Yes, so there has."
"Oh, somebody playing with
matches, I suppose."
"Yes, fnrver."
"And who was it?"
"Well, farver, if I tell you you will
bo angwy?"
"Augry I Why, what does that mat
ter? Who set tiro to this room?"
"Well, furver, if you won't be an
gwy I'll tell you the twoof."
"Aud what if I soy I will be angry?"
"Then I shull say Fwauk did it."
Boston Globe.
He Was Wrong.
"Well," said a facetious stranger to
a member of the brass band, "there is
one thing for yon to be thaukful for."
"Vut is dose?" inquired the musi
cian. : "Yon can always blow your own
horn."
"Noin, my friondl. Dis cornet is
porrowed." Washington Star, .
1011 1'AItM Al (MKI)EJ.
now to vr.r.n.
Thn proper wny to f .-ed a horse Is to
ivo llrst a pail of wnter, llien four or
llvo pounds of liny and then the grain.
A horse requiresfrom II ft ecu to twenty
pounds of liny, four quarts of oats and
quart of bran daily. If nny extraor
dinary work is required of him he
should bo supplied with mora food to
miike up thn waste tissues. Kxtra wa
ter should be given nt intervals during
work.- New York World.
TO KKF.P IIUTTFB COOf,,
We lmve tried with satisfactory suc
cess the following simple device for
keeping a plate of butter cool nnd dim
iu the hottest of wentherwith the mer
cury among tho nineties, says tho Jer
sey lllllletill.
Tnko a large deep plate, place
in it mi inverted saucer, pour in cold
water until the snuei r is iieurly cov
ered ; on the snucer set tlio plate con
taining the butter; tnko n common
iliiglned flower pot, wash it thorough
ly clean nml dry it, soak it in clean
cold wnter, then place it over the but
ter ho that the edges of the pot shall
como down into the water; Hct the
whole apparatus where it will bo in a
current of air.
Tlio evaporation of wnter from the
pot will keep the butter hard ami cold.
It is a very dimple tiling to try. Wo
have used the sumo principle effect
itvel v in milk cans by tilting over them
blanket jackets and pouring cold water
on the jacket ! until they were thor
oughly wet.
rri.Tt'im p Tim k.astf.r i,ii,t.
This bountiful nud stately plant is
one of the easiest of nil flowers to
manage. Indeed it will tako care of
itself if planted in good soil, with a
liberal quantity of Kiuid iu it. lint of
late it has been attacked by a disease
that causes the leaves to wither just
before the flower expands, and of
course this loss of foliage kills the
plant, llin host wny witli tins plant
iflto move it to fresh ground as soon
ns the early fall, tlio most suilnble
timo being in October. The soil re
quired is a deep lino loam witli plenty
of decayed cow manure in it, and a
quantity of Hand is placed around tho
bulbs. The noil must not be permit
ted to dry iu tho summer or become
citkcilnrouiid thn bulbs, nor Hhould
water bo allowed to stand on the
ground in thn winter. A mulching of
sand is therefore useful at all kciinoiih.
Tho hiii ul 1 bulbs nro set two inches
deep, nml tho large ones six. Homo
professional growers transplant tho
bulbs iu August when tho plants are
dormant, but if great care fs exercised
to preservo tho roots from injury, the
bulbs umy bo moved .nfely iu tho
spring. New York Times.
VABTISO COST OI FEUD.
Thnt the farmer needs to be an all
around practical business man is seen
iu nothing more clearly than in the
iiiaiiageineiit and especially the feeding
of his Htock. Ho cannot net out with
ono unvarying ration if he would pro
duce milk, butter, beef or mutton nt
tho cheapest rati). There may bo tho
same kind of nutrition required, but
it in unt bo procured in different forms,
according as tho market varies.
A number of years ago grain wns
much cheaper food than anything
else. Oats nnd corn gave more nutri
ment for tho name money than did
tiny. The result wns thnt wide-awake
farmers chopped iqi straw, nnd with
ground oats and corn made a food
that kept horses aud cattlo better than
hay aud with much loss expense. Grain
is dearer now, but linseed meal nnd
cotton-seed meal nre scarcely dearer
than they were when grain wns at its
cheapest. They, too, will come into
the ration that the good business far
mer will provide for his stock.
Two years ago oats were extremely
dear. A farmer of our acquaintance,
who had used oats to mix with com for
feeding sheep, substituted a feed of
stuined aud broken beans for both tho
oats and corn and put with it twice or
thrice the bnlk of the bean ration of
bran, in order that the sheep might di
gest it better. It is this habit of
thinking that the farmer's business al
ways requires that makes it impossi
ble for an unintelligent man to make a
good farmer. Instead of being as it
may have been once, the business in
which a man could get into a rut and
plod along without thinking, it is the
business above every other in which
clear thinking is essential to succeai.
Boston Cultivator.
ORADINO VP A DAIRY HERD.
For the benefit of others who would
like a better grade of dairy cows aud
who cannot afford to buy them out
right, I would like to give my experi
ence in grading up, writes E. Bock
wood. I had, to begin with, a herd
of native rows. Pet haps they were
rather better than the average, ns 1
tried to keep only good ones if thoj
were scrubs.
t begun by buying a shnre in a thor
oughbred Oiioriist y bull. Where two
or three neighbors unite in purchasing
such an aiiimnl it reduces the cost and
answers every purpose of sole propri
etorship. All my cows were bred to this bull
Villi very satisfactory results. I dis
pose of thn bull calves, keeping only
the heifers, ami they am invariably
good ones. Tho color Is nearly always
tho smiio, orange nnd white, giving n
uniform appearance, which is consid
ered desirable Iu a herd.
I have had some of those heifers now
in milk for two yours. They are good
milkers without an exception, showing
a good per cent of butter fat, mid they
have the finest udders I ever saw on
heifers of the same age. As a result
of this br ling I slinll have in a few
years a herd of cows which, although
not thoroughbred, are just ns good
nnd even better for biitter-makiiig
thnii cows which would cost very much
more, nnd nil nt no expense savo iu
the purchase of the bull.
1 would like to say a few words in
regard to heifers' calves. Thn idea is
quite common that a heifers' first calf
w ill not iiiuoiiiit to much. My experi
ence proves this to be a mistiike. Homo
of my b -nt cows were iiiieh calves, mid
I have never known mi inst inee where
a well-bred heifer, ono that made a
good cow, failed to produce a first
calf that was not fully ns good ns any
she aftcwurd had. If it is not quite,
so largo at birth, by judicious feeding
and good cure it will attain ns good
size lis nny calf. New York Tribune.
FARM AND CHIIIiKS NOTI'S,
Halt the enttle regularly.
Keep nil machiuerv it nerfeet re
pair. Good fruit will always bring good
prices.
Never exposo your cows to eold in
winter.
Hurting of fruit intended for ninr
ket nl wny s pays.
Take plensuro in your work. Cheer
fulness is a great lubricator.
The lirown Leghorn lnys the small
est egg, the Black Spanish tho lnrgest.
The apricot is a delicious fruit,
which ripens between tho cherry nud
tho pouch.
Give tho fowls fresh wnter twice n
day in hot weather, and sot; t list it is put
ill tho simile.
Do not allow nny grins to grow
aroiiiid the young trees, us rt hinders
their growth.
Feed everything well, and if tho
supply runs low sell a part of tho herd
if uecessnry.
For fruit trees the soil thould bo
dry, as they do not thrive on laud that
is constantly Huturated with water.
Hitting hens should have food, wnt
er, some exercise mid a good dusting
cvory day, and if they won't get oft
tho nest take them off.
The refuse bones should all be sa
ved from the table and broken up in
to Hinull pieces for the fowls. They
will eat them greedily.
Dipping the sheep rids them of par
asites which lodge in tho wool and i X
haust tho sheep by tho loss of blood
aud constant irritution iu which they
are kept.
Turkeys will como home to roost if
they are fed regularly iu tho evening.
Grain may be fed entirely, but if
mixeiwith bread crumbs and scraps
from the table, the turkeys will like it
much better.
Tho Cochins, Brnhmns, Plymouth
Bocks and Wyandotte are tho breedi
of poultry most subject to apoplexy.
The reason for it is that thoy are not
of active habits, aud apoplexy is due
to overfeeding.
The great secret in improving a flock
lies directly in persistent culling and
selecting. If from a bad cross or some
local cause the lambs are below the
mark, sell them, as they cannot be ex
pected to wuka or produce what is
wasted.
The farmer can no more afford to
keep inferior animals for breeding
purposes than the wagon-man can af
ford to use poor timber in his wagons,
or the blacksmith can afford to use
poor iron where strength aud durabil
ity are required.
Celery For Rheumatism,
If celery were eaten freely, sufferer
from rheumatism would be compara
tively few. It is a mistaken idea that
cold and damp produce the disease
they simply develop it. Acid blood it
the primary and sustaining cause. II
celery is eaten largely, an alkalini
blood is the result, ami where this ex
ists there can lie neither rheumatism
nor gout. It should be eaten cook!
I OK THE HOlNKWirZ.
rRKMi'it rniRf) mora.
The French, who are supposed to
know something about cooking, never
broil chops or steak, but always fry
them. It is done iu such a wny that
they nre no greasier than broiled meat.
An iron pan or spider is put over a
quick fire, and minlo hot, nml the meat
laid in. If it has not sitflleieiit fat of
its own to fry iu, they a Id a bit of
butter.
TO KF.f.V AI'I'I.KS.
The best v.ny to keep choice npples
is to wrap them singly iu papers nnd
put them in a tight barrel in a cool,
dry place till they nre needed. Green
ings nml other hardy winter apples
keep well enough iu barrels without
being wrapped up separately, but nil
barrels, except the one yoll nro using
out of, should be heiidcd up closely,
nnd it is well enough t i keep n tight,
movable cover over theomi from which
yon nre taking your daily supply,
Boston Cultivator.
TirMOVINO WATF.R HTAtVH.
'('here is a simple nnd effectual wny
of removing wr.ter stains from black
crepe. Tin water will lenvo a con
spicuous w hite murk ; to obliterate this
Spread the crepe on it table, lying on
it n large book to keep it ntiidy, nnd
place underneath the stain n piece of
old black silk. With n Inrg' oiiim l's
hair brush dipped iu common ink go
over the stain and then wipe off tho
ink with a small piece of old soft silk.
It will dry imuie li.i'i Iv, and the
white mark will be m"1i no more,
(New York World.
fcTHAISI'IM.
There is nothing that ni'ikrs so much
difference between ordinary aud deli
cate cooking ns a set of strainers. It
is important to own a collection.
There should be ono of very film wiro
for Hifting soda, spices, etc., nnd for
Htrnining ciu.tards and jellies. Thero
should be other with mesh i from
one-sixteenth to one-eighth of an inch
iu diameter ; also a squash strainer
mid n colander. Kxtensiou wire strain
ers are convenient. ICeep ulso a sup
ply of strainer cloths, madn from
course crash ir cheesecloth.
'ATSfl MAKI.'H.
liememlier to select perfect frnit.
Cook in porcelain und buttle in glass
or stone jars. Keep in a cool, dry,
dark place, if on opening thorn is a
leathery mould on top, carefully re
movo every pnrtielo of it, and the cat
sup will not bo injured. On tho other
hand, if thero ure white specks of
mould all through thn catsup, it is
spoiled. Here nro n few p'cipcH for
different kinds of catsup which if tried,
nre sure to add a relish to many a win
ter meal.
Tomato Catsup. Boil one bushel of
tomatoes, skins und all, and when soft
drain through a eoliauder to remove
the skins only. Mix one cup of Halt,
two pounds of brown sugar, half an
ounce of cayenne pepper, three ounces
each of ground ull."pice, maco and cel
ery seed, two ounces of ground cinna
mon, and stir into tho tomato. Add
two quarts of bett cider vinegar, and
w hen thoroughly mixed strain through
a sieve. Pour all that runs through
into a largo kettle and luiil slowly till
reduced one-half. Put it in small bot
tles, seal and keep in a cool, dark
place.
Gooseberry Catsup. To four quarts
of gooseberries add three pounds of
sugar, one pint of vinegar, ono table
spoonful each of ground cloves, all
spice and cinnamon. The gooseber
ries should bo nearly or quite ripe.
Tako off tho blossoms, wash nud put
them into a porcelain kettle, scald,
then put them through a colander, add
tho sugar and spices, boil fifteen min
utes; then add tho vinegar ; bottle im
mediately before it cools.
Cucumber Catsup. Tako three doz
en cucumbers and eighteen onions
peeled and chopped very fine. Sprinkle
on them three-fourth of a piut of
bible salt. Put the whole iu a sieve
ud let it drain well over night ; add a
teacup of mustard seed, half teacup of
ground black pepper and mix well.
Cover with good vinegar. New York
World. .
Fruit Catsup. Five pounds of en'r
rants, grapes or plums, three pounds of
wugar, one-hulf pint of vinegar, one
te.ispoon each of salt and black l'p
pir, one tablespoon each of cinnamon,
cloves and allspice. Cook fruit until
it can be strained through a colander,
then add other ingredients aud cook
fifteen minutes.
The Ianoceut Abroad
Chappie "Would you cars to
chauge your name, Miss Higgins?"
Miss Higgins (blushing) "Ye-es."
Chappie (with a bright idea) "Why
don't you marry?" Life's Calendar.